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Hannah Kingsley-Ma Marcela Cordova had just finished dinner with her daughter when she started hearing the sirens. They sounded like they were getting closer and closer, so she told her daughter to stay put and opened the front door. Mission families displaced by fire still searching for homehttp://kalw.org/post/mission-families-displaced-fire-still-searching-home
79650 as http://kalw.orgFri, 16 Sep 2016 00:26:30 +0000 Mission families displaced by fire still searching for homeRhian Miller Just over 100 miles north of San Francisco, residents of Lower Lake are cleaning up their devastated community. The Clayton Fire, a suspected arson, destroyed nearly 300 structures. It’s the second time in less than a year that people living in Lake County have suffered from a blaze. A day in the life of volunteer Fire Chief Steve Baxmanhttp://kalw.org/post/day-life-volunteer-fire-chief-steve-baxman
50990 as http://kalw.orgMon, 22 Aug 2016 22:53:21 +0000A day in the life of volunteer Fire Chief Steve BaxmanLucy KangHere's what's happening in the Bay Area, as curated by KALW news: Silicon Valley Elites Get Home Loans With No Money Down // Bloomberg “It turns out that even the well-off need help in a housing market as crazy as the one in the San Francisco Bay area, and lenders are elbowing each other in a rush to provide it. “They’re courting Silicon Valley workers with tailored loans, guaranteed 24-hour approval and financial-planning services. Social Finance Inc. has deals with Google and other top technology companies that allow it to market to new hires. First Republic Bank -- which gave Facebook Inc. billionaire Mark Zuckerberg a 1.05 percent interest-rate mortgage -- has opened branches in Facebook and Twitter Inc. headquarters. San Francisco Federal Credit Union will finance 100 percent of houses costing up to $2 million.”-----SF Cuts Affordable Housing Breaks for Fire Victims // Curbed “In the midst of an epic eight hour and 36 minute City Hall meeting on Tuesday (the longest of the year soDaily News Roundup for Thursday, July 28, 2016http://kalw.org/post/daily-news-roundup-thursday-july-28-2016
77665 as http://kalw.orgThu, 28 Jul 2016 17:22:22 +0000Daily News Roundup for Thursday, July 28, 2016Lisa BartfaiHere’s what’s happening in the Bay Area, as curated by KALW news: Mission district building gutted by fire last year damaged in blaze again // SF Examiner “A building gutted by fire about a year ago in the Mission district was again damaged in a blaze late Sunday night. “The burned-out building at the corner of 22nd and Mission streets had been abandoned since the first blaze Jan. 28, 2015, when 60 tenants and a handful of businesses were forced out by a nighttime inferno that killed one person.” ----- Apps for Ag aims to lift the 'lettuce curtain' separating Silicon Valley from Salinas Valley // San Jose Mercury News“Silicon Valley and Salinas Valley are about an hour away, but they need not be different worlds. “Another new program aims to part the so-called 'lettuce curtain' dividing the two industry hubs. The first local Apps for Ag hackathon took place this weekend at Cabrillo College's Watsonville campus, uniting coders and commercial farmers.” ----- Big haul: First car in BART’sDaily news roundup for Tuesday, March 15, 2016http://kalw.org/post/daily-news-roundup-tuesday-march-15-2016
72008 as http://kalw.orgTue, 15 Mar 2016 17:38:43 +0000Daily news roundup for Tuesday, March 15, 2016Ben TrefnyIt’s been 18 days since the Valley Fire ignited, and in some places the burning continues. But this week students returned to school, despite, in many cases, having no home to return to. Interview: Jodi Hernandezhttp://kalw.org/post/interview-jodi-hernandez
65295 as http://kalw.orgThu, 01 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000Interview: Jodi HernandezHolly McDedeHere’s what’s happening around the Bay Area, as curated by KALW News Rent-controlled units are now more abundant in San Francisco than in New York City // SF Examiner “San Francisco’s homes have surpassed those in New York City as the priciest to rent among the nation’s largest cities, but it’s actually easier to find a rent-controlled unit in The City than in Manhattan "That’s according to a report released Thursday by San Francisco-based real estate website Trulia, which tracked rent-controlled and rent-stabilized housing units in The City and Manhattan to determine how rent regulations stack up in each metropolis.” ----- 2,500-acre blaze burning east of Livermore // SF Gate “Firefighters were battling a 2,500-acre blaze that broke out Wednesday afternoon between Livermore and Tracy, officials said. “The fast-growing vegetation fire was reported at 2:45 p.m. near Tesla and Corral Hollow roads. As of 8:30 p.m., one building — an unoccupied residence — had been destroyed in the ruralDaily news roundup for Thursday, August 20, 2015http://kalw.org/post/daily-news-roundup-thursday-august-20-2015
63522 as http://kalw.orgThu, 20 Aug 2015 17:11:34 +0000Daily news roundup for Thursday, August 20, 2015Hannah Kingsley-Ma On January 28th, a fire consumed a mixed-use apartment building on 22nd and Mission. The conflagration destroyed more than 30 local businesses, and displaced over sixty people. Mauricio Orellana, a resident in the building, lost his life. Investigators later found that two escape routes in the building were blocked, sprinklers were missing, and that some tenants did not have fire alarms in their unit. Safety violations and devastating fires are nothing new to this part of the city. Since 2012, over 200 people have been displaced by fires in the Mission. With little affordable temporary housing in the city, finding new housing for residents who have lost homes has been hard. In the aftermath of the fire, some displaced residents moved into a makeshift shelter at the Salvation Army on Valencia Street. In the evening, families gather to eat dinner together. They sleep in the church on small cots that stretch along the space in front of the altar. Rene Carcamo is a Pastor at the SalvationLife after the fire http://kalw.org/post/life-after-fire
57850 as http://kalw.orgTue, 07 Apr 2015 23:51:21 +0000Life after the fire Hannah Kingsley-MaHere's what's happening in the Bay Area, as curated by KALW news: OPD Still Appears to be Targeting Blacks // East Bay Express "OPD started collecting stop data in 2004, according to department spokesperson Frank Bonifacio, but a recently expanded effort began in 2013. The new data, which includes every vehicle and pedestrian stop made by OPD between July 2013 and June 2014, was first made public by the department in a September 2014 report that analyzed a sample of approximately 28,000 stops. The Express recently obtained an updated data set detailing approximately 44,000 stops conducted by OPD between April 2013 and October 2014. "The updated data shows, unambiguously, that the majority of stops, searches, and arrests conducted by OPD were of African Americans. Of the 44,142 total stops, 26,049, or 59 percent, were of blacks. But blacks only account for 28 percent of Oakland's population. Latinos (who are classified as "Hispanics" in OPD's records) were stopped 7,910 times, making upDaily news roundup for Thursday, February 5, 2015http://kalw.org/post/daily-news-roundup-thursday-february-5-2015
55144 as http://kalw.orgThu, 05 Feb 2015 18:03:18 +0000Daily news roundup for Thursday, February 5, 2015Ben Trefny Two days ago, the San Francisco skyline was covered in thick black smoke. It came from a fire that tore through a construction site in the Mission Bay neighborhood. Tuesday’s five alarm fire was the biggest the city has seen since 2012. Ultimately, 150 firefighters responded, with almost 50 vehicles, and they used a lot of water. KALW’s Ben Trefny spoke with Mindy Talmidge, the Public Information Officer at the San Francisco Fire Department, to get a sense of how they take on a blaze this big, where the water had to come from, and and how much water it took to fight it. TALMIDGE: I can tell you it was millions of gallons of water.The low pressure system is our domestic water system. That is our first line of defense when fighting a fire. The high pressure system originates at Twin Peaks Reservoir. With this kind of fire with that much volume, we definitely needed the high pressure system. And it was a life saver! It enabled the crews to get enough water between the fire building andFighting the Mission Bay blazehttp://kalw.org/post/fighting-mission-bay-blaze
40928 as http://kalw.orgFri, 14 Mar 2014 00:07:11 +0000Fighting the Mission Bay blazeAli BudnerToday on Your Call: What are the best methods for preventing destructive wildfires? http://kalw.org/post/today-your-call-what-are-best-methods-preventing-destructive-wildfires
30949 as http://kalw.orgThu, 01 Aug 2013 07:00:00 +0000Today on Your Call: What are the best methods for preventing destructive wildfires? Artjoms Konohovs Pollution and the environment have always been big issues for Californians. A statewide survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California last month showed that approximately half the states residents see air pollution as a serious threat to their health. Among African Americans and Latinos, concern is even greater. The majority of those polled in these groups believe that people in lower-income areas are disproportionately affected by air pollution. Reverend Daniel Buford, vice-president of the nonprofit Communities for a Better Environment, believes that ethnic minorities are more concerned about the environment because they often live in highly polluted areas. Weve got a lot of people in the communities of color who are disappearing and dying as a result of pollution and exposure to these carcinogens, says Buford. They are disappearing and dying mysteriously the same way people are disappearing and dying in Bermuda Triangle. According to Buford, the Bay Area has its ownIn Richmond, concern about air pollution goes beyond Chevron firehttp://kalw.org/post/richmond-concern-about-air-pollution-goes-beyond-chevron-fire
14885 as http://kalw.orgThu, 09 Aug 2012 23:08:24 +0000In Richmond, concern about air pollution goes beyond Chevron fireJulie Caine If you saw the lead story of todays San Francisco Chronicle, you would have seen a photo of a long line of people outside a lawyers office in Richmond, near a sign that says: Chevron Claims Filed Here. That office belongs to Richmond lawyer Nicholas Haney, and all of those people are Richmond residents who were in line to file claims against Chevron for illness and trauma they say theyve suffered as a result of the refinery fire that took place Monday night. KALWs Julie Caine stopped by to talk to the people in line Tuesday night and to the attorney fielding all of those claims. NICHOLAS HANEY: What can they expect? Kind of every case is an individual case, kind of depends on what they went through. We are having a lot of people come in, we havent sorted it all out yet. Im having people fill out forms, Ill be looking at it. We need to figure out where people were, where they live, where they were at the time of the fire, and, so we dont have all the answers yet. Chevron, I hope theyHundreds of Richmond residents file claims against Chevronhttp://kalw.org/post/hundreds-richmond-residents-file-claims-against-chevron
14876 as http://kalw.orgThu, 09 Aug 2012 20:59:31 +0000Hundreds of Richmond residents file claims against ChevronJulie CaineThe smoke from the Chevron refinery fire that started late Monday has cleared, but the controversy was still hot at a community meeting last night in Richmond. Around 700 people attended the meeting, where Chevron General Manager Nigel Hearne and local government and health officials faced frustration and anger. Joan Davis from the Richmond Community Foundation began the meeting with some powerful questions: Those of you who are feeling afraid, very quietly, stand. Those of you who are feeling angry, please stand, quietly. Almost everyone in the hall got to their feet. They sat down again to hear from Nigel Hearne. I take personal and full responsibility for the incident that occurred last night. Im really here to respect you, and to hear, listen about your concerns this evening, said Hearne. Applause and boos were shouted, and a long line of people waiting to speak on a microphone formed down the center aisle. They talked about everything from illness and contamination from the fire,Community reacts to the Chevron refinery fire in Richmondhttp://kalw.org/post/community-reacts-chevron-refinery-fire-richmond
14816 as http://kalw.orgThu, 09 Aug 2012 01:02:37 +0000Community reacts to the Chevron refinery fire in RichmondHana BabaLast nights fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond put city residents in a state of panic. The fire sent up a huge plume of black smoke, stopping traffic, closing bridges, and shutting down BART stations. The large-scale chemical fire still has local residents concerned for their health and safety. Many say they heard about the fire late, and that the multi-lingual phone system that is supposed to alert the diverse communities of Richmond in case of a disaster didnt work. After another major fire at the refinery in the early nineties, our community members advocated for a multilingual warning system, said Roger Kim, executive director of the Asian-Pacific Environmental Network. Unfortunately that warning system didnt work yesterday, according to the members that weve talked to. They did not receive a phone call as they were supposed to, and so were investigating why the system failed. And while its all over now, Richmond mayor Gayle McLaughlin says she wants a full investigation intoUpdate on the Chevron refinery fire with reporter Sean Maherhttp://kalw.org/post/update-chevron-refinery-fire-reporter-sean-maher
14735 as http://kalw.orgWed, 08 Aug 2012 00:11:40 +0000Update on the Chevron refinery fire with reporter Sean MaherNicole JonesIts summer in California, which means fire season is in full force and it could be the worst one in years. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, better known as CAL FIRE, responds to more than 5,000 wildfires each year. They protect more than 31 million acres of Californias privately-owned wildlands and provide emergency services for most of the states counties. In high season, over 20 percent of that firefighting force is made up of state prison inmates. They live and train at special facilities called conservation camps California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or CDCR, runs 37 of these camps across state, which house around 4,000 mostly male inmates. Inmates have been integral to CAL FIRE for more than 60 years. They gain skills and have a chance at rehabilitation, while saving California $80 million a year. But the states new policy of realignment, which shifts responsibility of low-level offenders convicted after October 1, 2011 from stateServing time on the fire linehttp://kalw.org/post/serving-time-fire-line
12671 as http://kalw.orgMon, 25 Jun 2012 23:47:09 +0000Serving time on the fire lineArtjoms KonohovsAfter a full shutdown of service between San Francisco and Oakland since early this morning, transbay BART service is now fully restored, but the agency is warning commuters to expect delays. AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson said at least 20 extra buses will shuttle passengers across the bay at no cost; 511.org is reporting that these buses will run until about 6pm. The San Francisco Bay Ferry service will also deploy two extra ferries per hour. At around noon, the San Francisco Temporary Transbay Terminal was relatively calm, although, dozens of people were waiting for Oakland and Berkeley-bound buses. Meanwhile, fully-packed AC Transit buses kept arriving from the East Bay every couple of minutes and offloaded passengers. Some of them looked lost and asked for directions to Market Street and other destinations. Additional AC Transit employees were placed around the Terminal to help orient passengers. Natalie Hopkins was waiting for a bus to take her home to Oakland her secondBART back on track after service shutdownhttp://kalw.org/post/bart-back-track-after-service-shutdown
12167 as http://kalw.orgThu, 14 Jun 2012 23:53:04 +0000BART back on track after service shutdown